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Laws passed in the late 1800s required the U.S. government to purchase large quantities of silver and issue certificates backing their value. Cohen chronicles the history and the end of silver certificates, which in 1968 resulted in mob scenes at the assay offices.

First of a two-part series. The 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act resulted in a large and permanent reduction in bankruptcy filings. In this post, the bloggers study the mechanism behind this drop and the consequences for households.

Students in recent years have been paying more to attend college and earning less upon graduation—trends that have raised questions about whether a college education remains a good investment. But research from economists Jaison Abel and Richard Deitz finds that the benefits of college still tend to outweigh the costs.

Duarte and Rosa analyze twenty different models of the equity risk premium (ERP) and find that the current level of the ERP is consistent with a bond-driven ERP: expected excess stock returns are elevated not because stocks are expected to have high returns, but because bond yields are exceptionally low.

The authors consider the structure of mortgage finance in the United States and its role in shaping patterns of homeownership, the nature of the housing stock, and the organization of residential activity.

This study considers the usefulness of an overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility as one means of maintaining control over the federal funds rate and other short-term rates during the normalization of monetary policy. The authors assess the possible secondary effects of the facility—both positive and negative—and outline some design features that could limit any adverse consequences.

Eisenbach and Schmalz show that horizon-dependent risk aversion preferences (“anxiety”) supply a rationale for overconfident beliefs, wherein selective information processing is used as a tool to accomplish self-delusion.